Description
Herbs or undershrubs.
Flowers medium or small, in dense axillary, distant verticillasters;
Stamens 4, didynamous;
Distribution
Asia present, Asia-Tropical, warm and tropical parts of Africa present
About 60 spp., chiefly in warm and tropical parts of Africa and Asia; in Malesia 6 spp.
Citation
BRIQ. 1896 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4: 250
J. K. MORTON 1962 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot.: 263
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 100
BTH. 1876 – In: B. & H., Gen. Pl. 2: 1213
